Posts Tagged ‘ Nguyen Dinh Chieu ’

Tree falls on camping high schoolers, injuring 9 

January 16, 2012
Tree falls on camping high schoolers, injuring 9 

The large rotted tree which fell on a tent where students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School were camping in Tien Giang Province on Saturday. Nine high school students were injured Saturday after a tree fell on a tent where they were camping in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper [...]

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Former Australian schoolteacher lends a hand 

July 12, 2011
Former Australian schoolteacher lends a hand 

  Trish Franklin, CEO for Loreto Vietnam Australia Program, a charity in Ho Chi Minh City, visits children who benefit from the program Trish Franklin came from Melbourne, Australia to Ho Chi Minh City in 1995 and, like many expatriates, she never left. “I couldn’t stay if I weren’t happy,” she said, during an interview [...]

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Photos that beautify life

November 17, 2009
Photos that beautify life

“They have lived in that way” is not simply a photo exhibition. Many people agreed with Nguyen Tan Tai, 79, that “These are lessons for life. Each photo and each character is a lesson.” Electrician Pham Tuan Son, 29, from Long An province lost his both hands and three right toes. He is now Vietnamese dong billlionaire [...]

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Romance never goes out of style: Hue City

November 13, 2009
Romance never goes out of style: Hue City

Hue in Thua Thien-Hue Province, is a city made up of centuries-old pagodas, temples and houses and it boasts a wonderful landscape with the poetic Huong River. A couple saunter down Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street along the Huong River in Hue City.Both Dinh Tien Hoang Street in front of Hue Imperial Inner City and Nguyen [...]

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Parents trapped in a web of school fees

September 5, 2009
Parents trapped in a web of school fees

 The numerous, unwarranted and often illegal fees being charged by public schools are just too much for most parents.  Tenth-grade students of Nguyen Thuong Hien High School in HCMC.LookAtVietnam -  The numerous, unwarranted and often illegal fees being charged by public schools are just too much for most parents.  Late last month, parents of children [...]

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Parents trapped in a web of school fees

September 2, 2009
Parents trapped in a web of school fees

Tenth-grade students of Nguyen Thuong Hien High School in HCMC. The numerous, unwarranted and often illegal fees being charged by public schools are just too much for most parents. Late last month, parents of children at Phu Minh Elementary School in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen District complained to reporters that the school was charging them 23 [...]

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Public land neglected, used for profit

July 25, 2009
Public land neglected, used for profit

A famer cuts grass for cow feed at an unused land plot managed by the state-run Sinco Machinery Company under the Saigon Industry Corporation. State-owned companies in Ho Chi Minh City have been using public land for profit and neglecting other valuable real estate for years, officials from the municipal People’s Council have said. The [...]

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Where the poet sleeps

July 5, 2009
Where the poet sleeps

Tourists wander around the mausoleum of Nguyen Dinh Chieu, a famous poet and patriot, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.LookAtVietnam – Once outside the town of Ben Tre, Road 26 winds its way through coconut gardens, orchards and rice fields.  Some 34 kilometers from the Mekong Delta province’s capital is the mausoleum of [...]

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Where the poet sleeps

July 1, 2009
Where the poet sleeps

Tourists wander around the mausoleum of Nguyen Dinh Chieu, a famous poet and patriot, in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre Once outside the town of Ben Tre, Road 26 winds its way through coconut gardens, orchards and rice fields. Some 34 kilometers from the Mekong Delta province’s capital is the mausoleum of renowned [...]

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City sidewalks get dose of green

June 26, 2009
City sidewalks get dose of green

A pedestrian walks down the newly-greened Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3, Ho Chi Minh City has begun planting trees and other greenery to counter the ever rising tide of construction that has diminished the commercial hub’s green area. Any pedestrian on Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street in District [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...